Abstract

I was asked to talk for this paper about how social movements (such as community activism, trade unions, women's groups, GLTBQ organising, environmentalists, development / solidarity work and so on) respond to inequality, in Ireland and globally. In the face of the current assault on equality and on movement organisations, I also wanted to focus on what we can do to resist it and to change things for the better. I can start with a bit of personal history.